Insane deranged "president" who has something - either on everyone in HIS party OR in enough leaders in that party that can force all to follow that "president" 's insane, based-on-rumor-movies-voices-in-his-head and/or whims, vindictive, bloodthirsty, hateful orders to an unquestioning T. He is the whip-wielding overlord of a cult of unquestioning boot-licking yes-people.